Name/Title
Newspaper page with article about Frank Bette's art, by Laurel Yeates, 2000Entry/Object ID
2020.45.2Description
Acc. No. 20.45.2
Subject Category: Artists; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 2000
Object: Newspaper Clipping
Description:
Full page of a newspaper, with main caption "Community", and most of the page taken up by an article titled 'Celebrating Frank Bette's hidden talent', with color photos, including of a framed painting of a barefoot woman and child, and a man wearing a tan cap and glasses.
Size: L 22 1/4 X W 13 1/2 inches.
History of Object: Community page from Alameda Journal of Friday, January 28, 2000, with most of the page taken by an article written by Laurel Yeates, community editor, about Frank Bette, who died about 6 months earlier (June 5, 1999). The article is partly written from the point of view of Gretchen Fleischer, who was one of the friends Bette appointed to turn his house into a arts center.
The occasion for the article appears to have been an exhibit of Frank Bette's work at the Alameda Museum.
Acquired From:
Unknown
Donated prior to 2020.
Cataloged: 9/16/2020